Ko te mahi a te tangata, a te umanga rānei ki te takahi i a Papatūānuku, ki te porowhiu i āna para, ki te takakino i te ao tūroa. Ka pā te tūkino taiao ki te wai, ki te hau, ki te whenua, ki te taiao hanga anō hoki, pērā i ō tātou whare.
Actions of a person or company to trample on Papatūānuku, to discard their waste and pollute the natural world. Environmental abuse pertains to water, air and land, as well as the built environment such as buildings.